With California expecting a surge in oil transports by rail, San Diego firefighters will soon receive a new hazardous materials vehicle specially designed for oil tanker derailments, explosions, leaks and potential terrorist acts. San Diego is among 12 areas of California scheduled to receive one of the vehicles this fall from the state, which will also pay to train the city’s 17-member hazardous materials team to use the vehicle.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Diego Union-Tribune

A volunteer firefighter accused a career firefighter of an assault when they should have been fighting a house fire Sunday afternoon. Firefighters quickly controlled a smoky blaze on Ruatan Street in Berwyn Heights, Maryland, but afterward, a volunteer complained about being pushed by a Prince George's County Fire and EMS officer during an argument.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Washington

Local, state and federal agencies are preparing for the worst this August, as peak fire season coincides with one of the biggest tourism events Oregon has ever seen. The 2017 total solar eclipse - an event that won't return to Oregon until 2169 - is coming on Aug. 21, typically a dangerous time for wildfires.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Oregonian

Jay Redmond said it was the longest minute and a half in his life. Redmond is a captain in the Concord Fire Department, and those 90 seconds happened while he was on duty in the early morning of Jan. 4. Redmond used the department's radio system that night to contact three firefighters in the West Concord Fire Station, and when there was no answer, he was concerned.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Concord.WickedLocal.com